Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily Every voting member on the New Hanover County Schools curriculum committee recommended reinstating a banned book’s availability for curriculum use on Monday. The committee took up the issue of “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You,” a book outlining the “history of racist ideas” in America since 1415. The school board removed the […]
Chandler Inions/Salisbury Post There was a new addition to the Juneteenth lineup over the weekend in Salisbury — a guided trolley tour through the annals of the city’s rich Black heritage. Scattered around the city are numerous historical markers outlining various points in Salisbury’s history, including contextually significant Black accomplishments and incidents. On Saturday, Livingstone […]
Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Plans to place the Canton Police Department in one of the area’s historic buildings are continuing to move forward, though the demands of building on the National Register of Historic Places will likely mean officers won’t move in until 2027. Construction on the nearly $5 million project is expected to take […]
State Auditor Dave Boliek says his staff’s review of the Division of Motor Vehicles has confirmed that the agency’s driver license offices are understaffed. “Current DMV workforce levels are insufficient to meet the needs of North Carolinians,” Boliek said. “To provide citizens the service level they expect and deserve, the DMV must have more employees in […]
A “mini-budget” bill rolled out in Senate Appropriations on Monday includes what Senate leaders are describing as the “first tranche” of direct subsidies for the proposed JetZero airplane factory at Piedmont Triad International Airport. The rewritten House Bill 125 includes $252 million across the 2025-27 biennium for what it terms “a qualifying transformative project for an airplane manufacturer in […]
The Senate’s counteroffer on the latest Hurricane Helene relief package wouldn’t fund the business recovery grant program the House wants to launch. Rolled out in Senate Appropriations late Monday afternoon, the Senate’s rewrite of House Bill 1012 would release another $465 million from state reserves to cover Helene-related expenses. That’s in line with the House proposal to release $464.8 […]
Wolfspeed says it’ll file a Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring deal soon that will reduce the company’s overall debt by $4.6 billion, or 70%, and reduce annual cash interest payments by about 60%. In May, the Durham-based company warned investors that it may not be able to continue as a going concern, citing shifting U.S. trade policies […]
For many months, Toyota executives from the CFO on down were saying they expected the company’s new battery factory near Liberty to start shipping batteries in April. But we’re all still waiting on a formal announcement that shipments have actually begun. And it’s looking like the lack of one isn’t an oversight. “Toyota recently began […]
Meanwhile, a different all-Republican Court of Appeals panel headed by Chief Judge Chris Dillon handed a victory to a Wake County quarrying operation that’s looking to expand near RDU Airport and Umstead State Park. Wake Stone — since late 2024 a part of Alabama-based Vulcan Materials — has been battling state regulators and local opposition over its plans for years. […]
With the House and Senate providing the crossover crunch this week and last that didn’t happen in early May, it’s been difficult for the other branches of government to get a word in edgewise. But the state Court of Appeals has certainly tried, via a couple of business-related decisions. The higher-profile of these sought to […]
Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press A series of four videos over nearly four weeks have shown University of North Carolina System employees professing the continuation of DEI initiatives in their respective universities despite the system’s policies against such programs, the latest being out of UNC Wilmington. But undercover reporters and freelancers recorded the videos, without introducing […]
Brian Murphy/WRAL News Football and men’s basketball players at North Carolina will receive the majority of the school’s $20.5 million in revenue sharing beginning next month. Women’s basketball and baseball players will receive some revenue sharing, too, the school’s athletics department announced Monday in a letter from athletics director Bubba Cunningham. North Carolina will share […]
Frank Daniels IV/The (Southern Pines) Pilot Two of Southern Pines’ most historic hotels are entering a new chapter through a joint venture that pairs their local owners and one of the golf industry’s leading hospitality companies. Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club, which opened in 1921, and Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, which followed […]
Ryan Dezember & Jennifer Hiller/The Wall Street Journal New York intends to build a large nuclear-power facility, the first major new U.S. plant undertaken in more than 15 years and a big test of President Trump’s promise to expedite permitting for such projects. Gov. Kathy Hochul said in an interview that she has directed the […]
Anne Blythe/NC Health News A legislative proposal put forward by the state Senate that would open the door for hedge funds and private equity firms to acquire, open and operate dental practices not run by licensed dentists in North Carolina has hit a hurdle in the state House of Representatives. The House spending plan that […]
